CDU-associated Economic Council wants end to grand coalition
Members of the German business association , associated with Angela Merkel鈥檚 Christian Democratic Union (CDU), want an end to the grand government coalition with the Social Democrats (SPD), and call for a 鈥渞ealignment鈥� of the country鈥檚 climate and energy policy. In a survey among the association鈥檚 12,000 members, 72 percent of respondents said they would prefer a coalition with the Free Democrats (FDP), says their press release. Eighty percent say that support for renewables expansion should be gradually phased out, and 69 percent agree that Germany should not have more ambitious CO鈧� reduction targets than the EU goal for 2030.
Find the press release in German .
For background, read the 威力彩玩法 dossier Vote2017 - German elections and the Energiewende.